• MrFagtron9000@lemmy.world
    364·
    1 year ago

    I have a picture with Joel McHale.

    If Joel McHale turned out to run an international child sex trafficking ring would my picture with him indicate that I was part of the ring?

    I HATE Elon, but this whole…

    “See see see! There is a picture of them both at the NYC 9/11 Firefighters Fundraiser event in 2009!!! <Insert celebrity here that was at the event and pictured with Maxwell or Epstein> must also be a Satan worshipping child rapist/murderer.”

    Thing is fucking stupid.

    • AdamUllstrom@lemmy.world
      232·
      1 year ago

      How about leaving satan worshipping out of this. All satanist I know are reasonable and kind people.

      • teamevil@lemmy.world
        131·
        1 year ago

        I thought the kid touching thing was mostly the Catholic church…All Satan did was give us better music

        • Chalky_Pockets@lemmy.world
          23·
          1 year ago

          As much as I love shitting on the rosary rattler megacorp, they have nothing even approaching exclusivity in that department. They’re just the biggest organization in the world (that I know of) that gets away with actively spending money covering it up.

  • Odusei@lemmy.world
    334·
    1 year ago

    This shit rubs me the wrong way, dude. Everybody gets rushed into taking pictures with each other at these events and I don’t think that’s justification to smear someone’s reputation by connecting them to Elon Musk.

    • hitstun@fedia.io
      1·
      1 year ago

      You’re right, and Snopes confirms what you’re saying. They only ever appear to be standing next to each other in this one photo, ever. There’s no evidence that they even greeted each other. I’m all for dragging both of them through the mud for the stuff they’ve done, but there’s no need to make up a story that they did anything together.

      • Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net
        1·
        1 year ago

        While you raise a valid point, I’m not in the habit of giving billionaire playboys the benefit of the doubt

        • tias@discuss.tchncs.de
          1·
          1 year ago

          It’s not about who you give a benefit. It’s about your attitude towards reality and truth. Society has been going to shit lately because too many people prefer made-up claims that fit their identity and lifestyle, instead of fact-checking, justice, honesty and nuance.

          Just because you don’t like someone doesn’t mean it’s ok to accept lies about them.

    • dtc@lemmy.world
      01·
      1 year ago

      You’re right, let’s check his recent tweets and try to verify the supposed connection here.

  • JigglySackles@lemmy.world
    271·
    1 year ago

    I despise both those people but a picture of them in the same place at the same time near each other, and I might add not even touching or other signs of familiarity; it’s really just a opportunity shot. Probably for her or maybe just by the event photographer. I wish it proved more of a connection, but it really doesn’t.

    • Tangent5280@lemmy.world
      21·
      1 year ago

      We should be dragging this billionaire asshole for all the shitty things he has done and is doing. It only weakens our own position to bring in speculation and unverified shit. It just becomes a lightning rod for the unwashed masses that support him to dismiss every other valid point against him.

  • systemglitch@lemmy.world
    51·
    1 year ago

    I’ve been caught in photos with people I hate, who I would never let into my house and would not piss on if they were on fire… no idea they were there until I saw it the next day. Just saying, a photo alone means nothing.

  • Poppa_Mo@lemmy.world
    4·
    1 year ago

    Ahh man. Look at these chums. Someone should throw that to Elon so he doesn’t forget that we won’t forget.

  • YⓄ乙 @aussie.zone
    0·
    1 year ago

    Sometimes I wonder how life is like for Billionaires. Like do they have to wake up sharp at 6am to be at work sharp at 8am?

    • Tangent5280@lemmy.world
      1·
      1 year ago

      No. They wake up whenever they want - their workplaces usually revolve around them instead of the other way around, since they usually head their own companies. This is relevant in the tech space. In other industries like Law and Business, they usually do have set times when they are in the office and stuff, but again, it’s not the same as the rest of us plebians going to work - they have drivers and pilots and they won’t get written up for being late or not going somewhere they don’t want to go to, though their business may/may not suffer the effects of their decisions. As for home life, They pretty much have fleets of staff that take care of all their earthly concerns - no chores, no house maintenance, or cooking or shopping etc. They usually aren’t even connected to the people that do these things - They have personal assistants that work with home chaperones for each home that hire cooks and servants and property maintenance people etc. as needed.

      Fair warning though - I found all this from YouTube and the internet and shit, so I can’t speak for its accuracy.